Meanwhile, David Wildstein, the former Port Authority official who ordered the lane closures, will appeal the order of contempt he was slapped with at the end of last Thursday’s a state Assembly committee hearing, his attorney said.

A new poll shows a majority of likely New Jersey voters say Christie should resign from office if it's proven that he knew about the bridge lane closures before they happened.

Other Democratic mayors said they believe they were also punished by the Christie administration for failing to endorse the Republican governor's re-election in November, according to a report by WNYC.

A liberal coalition launched a petition for the Republican governor to step down.